Platform Sponsor Investments and User Contributions in Knowledge Communities:: The Role of Knowledge Seeding

Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 213 - 240
Published: Mar 1, 2018
Abstract
How should digital platforms engage with and invest in their online communities to shape innovation and knowledge contributions from members in their platform ecosystems? This is an important question because user contributions are important drivers of technological progress and business value. We examine the effect of platform sponsors’ investments in online communities on user knowledge contributions, using fine-grained longitudinal data from...
Paper Details
Title
Platform Sponsor Investments and User Contributions in Knowledge Communities:: The Role of Knowledge Seeding
Published Date
Mar 1, 2018
Volume
42
Issue
1
Pages
213 - 240
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